# 1985 World Outdoor Bowls Championship

The 1985 Women's World Outdoor Bowls Championship was held at the Reservoir Bowling Club in Preston, Victoria, Melbourne, Australia from 13 February to 4 March 1985.
Merle Richardson of Australia won the Sylko Trophy (Singles Gold medal), Australia also won the Sussex Trophy (Pairs) and Worthing Trophy (Triples). Scotland secured the Henselite Trophy (Fours) and Australia won the Taylor Trophy, sponsored by the Daily Mirror for the being the best overall team.

## Medallists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Women's singles | Merle Richardson | Maraia Lum On | Rhoda Ryan |
| Women's pairs | Merle Richardson Fay Craig | Maraia Lum On Willow Fong | Jean Valls Norma Shaw |
| Women's triples | Dorothy Roche Norma Massey Mavis Meadowcroft | Helen Wong Rae O'Donnell Sandra Zakoske | Linda Parker Mair Jones Rita Jones |
| Women's fours | Sarah Gourlay Elizabeth Christie Annette Evans Frances Whyte | Mavis Meadowcroft Norma Massey Fay Craig Dorothy Roche | Mavis Steele Betty Stubbings Brenda Atherton Jean Valls |
| Women's Team | Australia | England | New Zealand |

## Results
### Women's singles – round robin

| Pos | Player | P | W | L | Pts |
| 1 | Merle Richardson | 18 | 18 | 0 | 18 |
| 2 | Maraia Lum On | 18 | 16 | 2 | 16 |
| 3 | Rhoda Ryan | 18 | 15 | 3 | 15 |
| 4 | Norma Shaw | 18 | 15 | 3 | 15 |
| 5 | Flo Kennedy | 18 | 14 | 4 | 14 |
| 6 | Eileen Bell | 18 | 13 | 5 | 13 |
| 7 | June Bell | 18 | 11 | 7 | 11 |
| 8 | Helen Gordon | 18 | 10 | 8 | 10 |
| 9 | Kathy Sigimet | 18 | 10 | 8 | 10 |
| 10 | Senga McCrone | 18 | 10 | 8 | 10 |
| 11 | Julie Davies | 18 | 10 | 8 | 10 |
| 12 | Babs Anderson | 18 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| 13 | Pula Laufili V. Faraimo | 18 | 8 | 10 | 8 |
| 14 | Lena Sadick | 18 | 7 | 11 | 7 |
| 15 | Alice Mayers | 18 | 6 | 12 | 6 |
| 16 | Margaret Blatmann | 18 | 5 | 13 | 5 |
| 17 | Muriel 'Pat' Boehm | 18 | 5 | 13 | 5 |
| 18 | Maria de Gismondi | 18 | 4 | 14 | 4 |
| 19 | Cynthia Thompson | 18 | 4 | 14 | 4 |

### Women's pairs – round robin

| Pos | Player | P | W | D | L | Pts |
| 1 | Merle Richardson & Fay Craig | 18 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 28 +44 |
| 2 | Maraia Lum On & Willow Fong | 18 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 28 +28 |
| 3 | Jean Valls & Norma Shaw | 18 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 26 |
| 4 | Eileen Bell & Nan Allely | 18 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 25 |
| 5 | Joyce Osborne & Barbara Kunicich | 18 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 25 |
| 6 | Elizabeth Christie & Senga McCrone | 18 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 24 |
| 7 | Helen Gordon & Rina Lebel | 18 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 22 |
| 8 | Alice Duncalf & Jean Black | 18 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 22 |
| 9 | Kathy Sigimet & Maggie Worri | 18 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 21 |
| 10 | Peggy Mitchell & Onei Dolphin | 18 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 21 |
| 11 | Edith Denton & Muriel 'Pat' Boehm | 18 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 20 |
| 12 | Julie Davies & Betty Morgan | 18 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 19 |
| 13 | Joan Humphreys & Lena Sadick | 18 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 18 |
| 14 | Alice Mayers & Mavis Cattermole | 18 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 18 |
| 15 | Margaret Blattmann & Jean Lowery | 18 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 16 |
| 16 | June Fulton & Babs Anderson | 18 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 14 |
| 17 | Jenny Viegas & Cynthia Thompson | 18 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 14 |
| 18 | Maria de Gismondi & Maria Rohan | 18 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 9 |
| 19 | Pativaine Ainuu & Pula Laufili V. Faraimo | 18 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 9 |

### Women's triples – round robin

| Pos | Player | P | W | D | L | Pts |
| 1 | Dorothy Roche, Norma Massey & Mavis Meadowcroft | 18 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 34 |
| 2 | Helen Wong, Rae O'Donnell & Sandra Zakoske | 18 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 30 |
| 3 | Linda Parker, Mair Jones & Rita Jones | 18 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 29 |
| 4 | Brenda Atherton, Betty Stubbings & Mavis Steele | 18 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 28 |
| 5 | Daphne Le Breton, Jean Moffat, Rhoda Ryan | 18 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 26 |
| 6 | Sarah Gourlay, Annette Evans & Frances Whyte | 18 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 26 |
| 7 | Janki Gaunder, Adi Losalini Browne & Filo O'Meagher | 18 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 25 |
| 8 | June Bell, Agnes Bowlby & Jean Wintermute | 18 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 23 |
| 9 | Flo Kennedy, Ilya Loader, Margaret Mills | 17 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 23 |
| 10 | Heather Roberts, Margaret Farmer & Yvonne Richards | 17 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 22 |
| 11 | Myra Wilson, Marie Barber & Margaret Johnston | 18 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 20 |
| 12 | Jo Gilbert, Isabella Forbes & Corinna Folkins | 18 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 18 |
| 13 | Di Cochram, Liz James & Pat MacDonagh | 18 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 16 |
| 14 | Kapa Rawali, Onno Pelei & Olive Babaga | 18 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 15 |
| 15 | Bernice Pillemer, Bernice Katz & Miriam Jankelowitz | 18 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 13 |
| 16 | Barbara Le Moignan, Doreen Gay, Kath Hickman | 18 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 13 |
| 17 | Sue Hesketh, Muriel Jennings, Jean Haggerty | 18 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 11 |
| 18 | Matua Ane Faaso'o, Josephine Hunt & Lemafoe Lagaala-Porter | 18 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 6 |
| 19 | Dora de Jahn, Leyla de Gourville & Susana de Cantarini | 18 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 4 |

### Women's fours – round robin

| Pos | Player | P | W | D | L | Pts |
| 1 | Sarah Gourlay, Elizabeth Christie, Annette Evans & Frances Whyte | 18 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 31 |
| 2 | Mavis Meadowcroft, Norma Massey, Fay Craig & Dorothy Roche | 18 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 30 |
| 3 | Mavis Steele, Betty Stubbings, Brenda Atherton & Jean Valls | 18 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 29 |
| 4 | Daphne Le Breton, Barbara Kunicich, Joyce Osborne & Jean Moffat | 18 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 27 |
| 5 | Peggy Mirchell, Ilya Loader, Onei Dolphin, Margaret Mills | 18 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 26 |
| 6 | Sandra Zakoske, Joan Humphreys, Rae O'Donnell & Helen Wong | 18 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 26 |
| 7 | Bernice Pillemer, Bernice Katz, Miriam Jankelowitz & Rina Lebel | 18 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 25 |
| 8 | Linda Parker, Mair Jones, Rita Jones & Betty Morgan | 18 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 24 |
| 9 | Myra Wilson, Marie Barber, Nan Allely & Margaret Johnston | 18 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 22 |
| 10 | Heather Roberts, June Fulton, Margaret Farmer & Yvonne Richards | 18 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 21 |
| 11 | Di Cochram, Liz James, Pat MacDonagh & Jenny Viegas | 18 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 18 |
| 12 | Jo Gilbert, Edith Denton, Isabella Forbes & Corinna Folkins | 18 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 16 |
| 13 | Pativaine Ainuu, Matua Faaso’o, Josephine Hunt & Lemafoe Lagaala-Porter | 18 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 16 |
| 14 | Janki Gaunder, Adi Losalini Browne, Willow Fong & Filo O'Meagher | 18 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 16 |
| 15 | Kapa Rawali, Onno Pelei, Olive Babaga & Maggie Worri | 18 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 15 |
| 16 | Agnes Bowlby, Jean Wintermute, Alice Duncalf & Kathy Finch | 18 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 14 |
| 17 | Sue Hesketh, Muriel Jennings, Jean Haggerty & Mavis Cattermole | 18 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 10 |
| 18 | Barbara Le Moignan, Doreen Gay, Kath Hickman & Jean Lowery | 18 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 8 |
| 19 | Dora de Jahn, Leyla de Gourville, Susana de Cantarini & Maria Rohan | 18 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 4 |

### Taylor Trophy

| Pos | Player | Singles | Pairs | Triples | Fours | Total |
| 1 | Australia | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 75 |
| 2 | England | 16 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 66 |
| 3 | New Zealand | 17 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 63 |
| 4 | Scotland | 12 | 14 | 15 | 19 | 60 |
| 5 | Fiji | 18 | 18 | 13 | 8 | 57 |
| 6 | Zimbabwe | 15 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 53 |
| 7 | Ireland | 14 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 50 |
| 8 | Wales | 12 | 8 | 17 | 12 | 49 |
| 9 | Hong Kong | 6 | 7 | 18 | 15 | 46 |
| 10 | Papua New Guinea | 12 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 44 |
| 11 | Israel | 12 | 13 | 5 | 13 | 43 |
| 12 | Canada | 13 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 42 |
| 13 | Botswana | 8 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 32 |
| 14 | United States | 4 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 29 |
| 15 | Swaziland | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 26 |
| 16 | Western Samoa | 7 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 19 |
| 17 | Kenya | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 18 |
| 18 | Jersey | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 16 |
| 19 | Argentina | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 |